The Press., 1887-12-29

II and painful confinement tQ his room wtfE . carbuncle on his neck.
 ---The Congregational church members l in connection with their annual meeting
 this evening. will have social reunloF
 and supper tt the chapel.
 Pass in your borongh aasessment fiesa -Eldredee & AdanE have furnished z stone for the grave 0f Isabella Hayes in
 the Catholic cemetery.
 -J. H. Reed of Stafford Springs and A.
 M Horton of Union have been made cor
 porators of the Stafford Savings Bank. "A merry Christmas" at Woodlawn was assured last Saturday by the arrival, with her husband, of the daughter of MT. and Mrs. Juiius Converse-Mrs. A. B. Mathews, of Gnnnison, Colorado. Mrs. M. left Stafford Springs several years ago to visit friends in Colorado. She was then Miss Eugeuie Converse. This is her first visit home. She has been married over two years. Old friends have warm greet ing for her. MT. and Mrs M. will remain in Stafford Springs some weeks.
 F. W, Brooks' saw and shingle mill on R, ,aring Brook was burned on Thurs day night last; origin of fire unknown. The mills were originally bnilt by James F. Brooks, father of E. W. The mills in- cluded Lane circular saw, with capacity of 5000 to 10, 900 feet per day, shingle mill with daily capacity of 5000 to 1000, scroll and berch saws, and grist mill. The main building was 26x3O. two stories
 The loss is S2. 800 to &, ,OOO, and the total insurance of $500 will be reduced some $2O0 by salvage. MT. Brooks will pro ceed at once to rebuild, the work 10 be done by E P. Armstrong of South CoVen- try, who has been for a short tune employ ed at the mill.
 Peter B. Johnson, the builder, has suspended work until next spring upon the new Mineral Springs office building, aud goes to SoMersvllle, where he has taken a a contract to build the new Congregational church. SomersVille, sinee the Messrs. Keeney became mill proprietors there, has been picking up. The new owners have pushed business aud prospered, and havede- voted much of the earnings of their prop erty to improving and baautifying the viii new churches-Congreg and Gath olic-at the same time augmenting the val ue of their own property by enlargements, improvements, aud new working mOchin- cry. Their coming to Somers was good thing for the town.
 Charles P. Hodgson's horse started up last Saturday while h6a was outside the sleigh. He reached after the reins and fell between tbe sleigh and cross bar of the whifaetree, his foot catching in ons rein, and he was dragged short distance, the horse fually running the sleigh against a post Hodgson was taken into Dr. Rich ards office, bis head being considerably cut, and having severe bruises elsewhere. He was able to ride home after a few hours, and Is nov recovering from the re- suits of his dangerous experience. His weight upon one rein drew the horse against the post, and he probably owes his life to this means of shortening his perilous journey.
 Deacon and Mrs. Willard Orcutt have this week been in enjoyment of reunion of all their children, grand children and great grandchildren at their homo on Stafford Street. They have but two da4gh- ters living, ope of whom, the widow of Lieut.. Wm. Horton, who fell at Antietam, lives with them. The other, Mrs. Bradley of Chicopee, Mass, with her husband and children and Mrs. HOrtons daugh- ters with their husbands aud grand children made up considerable family party. On Tuesday evening this entire gathering with various friends invited from the Springs and other parts of the town and from Wilmington, were guests of MT. and Mrs. John A. Foster, where pleasant evening was spent in social pastimes, of which dancing and whist were features.
 A party of young people went on sleigh ride to Rockville last Monday even- ing They found excellent sleighinR.
 Tine Congregational Sunday school has procured about 80 new volumes for it's library.
 A well-RIled room of people heard 'The Mouse Trap" one of Howells popu- lar farces, at Grace church vestry Tuesday evening. It was well given. The actors were all ladies, save Dr. Smith, and they so ably and good humoredly pictured this storied libel on their sex as to make it quite realistic, and for time impressed the audience (untii the glamaF of the act ing passed off) that brave women could really be terrified by an ideal mouse. The recitation of pathetic war ballad by Mrs. Miller, visitor at the rectOry, satisfactOri- ly closed the entertainment. Mrs. Miller is a fine elocutionist, and the audience would gladly have heard more from her.
 MT. and Mrs. George A. Lucas were pleasantly surprised on the day before Christmas at the delivery at their house by various merchants of articles of clothing and provisions, the bearers declining to name the partes entitled to thanks, but all the same the worthy couple desire thro' The Press to very gratefully acknowledge the kindnesses.
 The Congregational Sunday school last Sunday elected Dea F J. Chandler, R. s. McNeil Assistant do Mrs. F. H. Spelman, secretary and treasurer ; Emily l.. Filler, librarian.
 We are pleased to announce that Staf- ford people are likely to have another, in fact numerous opportunities, of enjoying concerts of the highest order, like the re. cent Thomas concert in Springfield, for, as we learn, Measrs. Q. N. Stimpson & Go. have determined to give series of six or eight frst-class enterr alnments each season, the next of this seasons series beIug the Boston Symphony Orchestra (75 men), aud piano and vocal soloists, running excursion trains on all principal railroads, giving everybody Within 8 radius of twenty five miles of Springfield oppor- tunities for enjoying as good as they could get in Boston or New York. It depends entirely with yon-the publie-whether the undertaking shall be 6 financial ss we'll as artistic Ruccess. We trust our readers will give the enterprise the sup port it richly deserves. We would sug- geSt to the managers that 1t would be 8 good plan to open subscription list at an aorlv dako